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His long ink-black hair fluttered in the wind, and with a flamboyant smile on his sharp and handsome face, he stretched out his hand towards Shi Qing.

"Come up!" he shouted.

Shi Qing stretched out his hand, and with the help of Gu Xiao, he jumped over and sat behind him.

This series of events happened in an instant, and by the time the others reacted, the two men had already ridden away on their horses.

"What are you standing there for? Chase him!" The leading man kicked his younger brother lying on the ground hard, gritting his teeth in anger.

The rest of the people were busy riding their horses to catch up.

"How did you know I was here?"

The girl asked Gu Xiao with surprise and joy, hugging his thin waist tightly with both hands.

Gu Xiao's body tensed up, feeling the soft body of the girl on his back, his eyes smiling, "Guess?"

"I guess you saw my hairpin, right?"

She tilted her head, her round eyes rolled, and she quickly thought of the clue she had left behind.

"Luckily I saw it. What if someone else discovered it first?"

"Even if someone saw it, they wouldn't know it."

"So confident?"

"Of course!" The girl smiled proudly, her voice clear and sweet, "I knew you would find me."

The two were talking comfortably when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind them.

"They are chasing us." Shi Qing turned around and saw that it was those men in brown clothes.

"Don't be afraid, Ah Qing, you drive the horse, and I will deal with them."

Gu Xiao passed the reins in his hand to Shi Qing, then turned over and sat in the back.

"Don't stop." While talking to Shi Qing, he used the sword in his hand to cut off a few branches, and after a few fierce slashes in his hand, he completed the simple version of the arrow in a moment.

He narrowed his eyes, aimed at the people behind him, exerted force with his hands, and the branches flew towards their chests.

thump--

The people behind him fell off their horses one after another.

Only the leader was stabbed in the shoulder, but he managed to stop them from chasing.

"Okay." Gu Xiao smiled easily.

"So where are we going now?" Shi Qing asked him crisply.

"Ming County. Let's go find a good friend of mine first. By the way, Ah Qing," Gu Xiao's smile faded, and he asked seriously, "Is Lord Yin really dead?"

Shi Qing was stunned for a moment, and frantically called the system in his mind: [Tell me quickly, is Governor Yin still alive? ]

System: [Prefect Yin passed away last night.]

Gu Xiao only saw the girl stunned, then nodded heavily and said "hmm".

His face changed, and his mind was filled with a thousand thoughts. The two of them rode away on their horses.

After riding non-stop all the way, the two finally arrived in Ming County.

"What? Daddy is dead?" Yin Xinyue's eyes widened and she looked at Gu Xiao in disbelief.

"It's true, Miss Yin." Gu Xiao's face was heavy, "I'm sorry that I couldn't rescue Master Yin in time."

"Impossible, Daddy can't be dead, this must be a lie."

Yin Xinyue forced a smile, tears in her eyes.

She grabbed Gu Xiao's clothes tightly and said, "Mr. Gu, tell me, you only heard it, right? You haven't seen it with your own eyes. My father must still be alive, right?"

"Ms. Yin, please accept my condolences." Gu Xiao's tone was sad, and he just looked at the collapsed Yin Xinyue with guilt.

"How could this be? I've only been gone for a day or two, why did Daddy..." Yin Xinyue suddenly choked up and burst into tears.

"Miss Yin..." Lu Ziyin, who was dressed in crescent-colored clothes, wanted to say something but stopped. In this situation, what could he say to comfort her?

Afraid that Yin Xinyue would vent her anger on Shi Qing, Gu Xiao asked Shi Qing to stay in another room from the beginning.

"Squeak--" Gu Xiao pushed the door open, then turned around and closed it.

"Gu Xiao, how is Sister Yin?" Seeing Gu Xiao's heavy face, Shi Qing suddenly felt a little timid.

"I'm very sad to hear the news of Lord Yin's passing." Gu Xiao shook his head and walked towards her.

"Ah Qing, you are not the culprit, you don't have to blame yourself."

"But if I hadn't deceived her in the first place, none of this would have happened."

Her voice was muffled. Although she knew she didn't do it, she still felt a little guilty for causing such consequences.

Gu Xiao stroked her fluffy hair and persuaded her, "But you have saved Miss Yin's life. Ziyin and I have just discussed that if Yin Xinyue is willing, she can live in Ming County forever. Ziyin is not short of money anyway."

"Ah Qing, it's okay. I will report this to my master later. The Demon Cult is too unscrupulous!"

"By the way, Gu Xiao, do you know why Shen Yan did this?" Shi Qing suddenly thought of something and looked up at him.

"For what?" Gu Xiao asked puzzledly.

"this."

She pulled a blue notebook from her sleeve and handed it to him.

"Green Light Sword Technique!" Gu Xiao's pupils widened, his face serious, "Ah Qing, where did you get this from?"

"The secret room below the room of Lord Yin's late wife."

Shi Qing replied: "One night I overheard the conversation between Shen Yan and Governor Yin, and then I knew that Shen Yan was trying to find the swordsmanship secret book."

She raised her bright almond eyes and asked him curiously, "Gu Xiao, is this sword technique secret book very powerful?"

"of course."

Gu Xiao nodded, his face showing nostalgia, "This sword technique was developed by my parents before they were alive. Later, it also attracted the attention of the Demon Cult and led to the extermination of the family. My parents died on that night fifteen years ago."

Although she already knew the protagonist's background, Shi Qing still pretended to be shocked.

With tears in her eyes, she stood on tiptoe with great effort and touched Gu Xiao's head.

Gu Xiao was startled by her unique comfort, and then he chuckled, "Ah Qing, why are you so cute?"

"I'm just afraid that you'll be sad." Shi Qing said shyly when he teased her.

"Thank you, A Qing." Gu Xiao looked at her seriously, his narrow eyes filled with infinite affection, which made people fall in love with him.

"Then if you practice this sword technique, can you defeat the demon cult and get revenge?"

Shi Qing lowered her head embarrassedly, then turned to ask him expectantly.

“If we can complete the practice of the Qingguang Sword Technique and master it, we will be able to defeat the Demon Cult successfully.” Gu Xiao nodded with a confident look on his face, and couldn’t help but smile.

"Gu Xiao, let's find a remote place with few people so you can practice well, okay?" Shi Qing blinked.

There is no antidote now, and she can only survive for a month at most.

I just hope to complete the task successfully within this month.

"Okay." There was a doting and bright laughter above my head.

Three days later.

Gu Xiao and Shi Qing came to a mountain near Baiyun County.

There was an abandoned house halfway up the hill, and the two decided to live there.

"A Qing, let's go down the mountain to buy some things later." After packing carefully, Gu Xiao's forehead was slightly moistened, and he still looked at Shi Qing with a bright smile.

"Okay, I think we need to list the items we want to buy so that we don't miss anything."

Shi Qing energetically found a pen and a crumpled piece of paper from the room, spread them on the table, and carefully wrote a "shopping list".

"Rice, vegetables, pots and pans, quilts, clothes..." Every time she thought of something, she wrote it down, muttering to herself.

"Okay!" She held up the paper. "Look and see what else I missed."

Gu Xiao smiled and looked carefully, "The items are quite complete, but——"

He frowned and looked at Shi Qing with a wry smile, "We don't have that much money."

Shi Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Yes. But I brought some banknotes with me when I came out. Do you think these are enough?"

She took out a few silver bills from her sleeve and placed them on the table one by one.

"Not enough." Gu Xiao shook his head regretfully.

Shi Qing exclaimed, "Why don't we just buy some important things, like vegetables. We can be self-reliant and go to the mountains to get wild vegetables."

After saying this, she seemed to find it amusing.

A pair of bright almond eyes said, "If you want to eat meat, let's go hunting in the mountains, okay?"

Looking at her silly and cute appearance, Gu Xiao laughed so hard that he fell backwards, with tears in the corners of his eyes, "Ah Qing, why are you so serious?"

"What are you laughing at?" Shi Qing rolled his eyes at him gloomily, "My idea is obviously a good one."

"No, A Qing. After all, I am now the eldest senior brother of the Tian Sect. How can I be so poor that I can't even take out money?"

"Then you just said you had no money, I thought you had run out of money."

"You believe it when I lied to you?" Gu Xiao couldn't stop laughing.

"Okay, you just like to bully me." Shi Qing pretended to be angry and reached out to hit him.

Gu Xiao hid and laughed as the two of them chased each other and played. The quiet hillside was filled with cheerful laughter.